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People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.

James Joyce

He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
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Beautiful Cry Music Quiet Word
I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.
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Establishment Inspirational Passion Work
Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.
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Experience Life Race Reality Soul Time
Shut your eyes and see.
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Eyes One Liner See
And yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.
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Fools Herself Name
A woman loses a charm with every pin she takes out.
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Charm Lose Make Up Woman
Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?
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Cold Enough Yourself
Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
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Battle Inspirational Mindset
You can still die when the sun is shining.
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Death Shine Sun Yourself
O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?
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Men Mind Understand
Places remember events.
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One Liner Place Remember
God made food; the devil the cooks.
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Devil Food God Human
There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.
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Atheist Philosophy Religion
Life is too short to read a bad book.
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Book Life Reading
Absence, the highest form of presence.
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Absence One Liner Philosophy Presence
He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as possible.
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Himself Possible World

People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.

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